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Arm’s-length policy at risk in ‘contested heritage’ debate

The Government's edicts over controversial statues and other heritage assets are complicating the job of cultural organisations and councils responsible for managing them.

Adele Redmond
5 min read

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden's insistence that cultural organisations do not remove controversial statues puts the arm's-length policy behind arts funding at risk, critics say.
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